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EDUCATION
Texas v. Cardona

4:23-cv-00604 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: June 14, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case is about Title IX interpretation and guidance documents issued by the Biden administration. On June 14, 2023, the state of Texas filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division. Represented by the state’s attorney general office, Texas sued the United States Department of Education and its Secretary (collectively, “DOE”), the United States Department of Justice and the Attorney General (collectively, “DOJ”) under the Admin…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Sweet v. Cardona

3:19-cv-03674 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 25, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the government’s inaction in the process of “borrower defenses,” in which the borrowers of federal student loans can request to cancel their loans based on the school’s misconduct. At the time of filing, more than 160,000 former college students are awaiting a decision on their borrower defenses.  On June 25, 2019, seven students filed this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the United States…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Democracy Forward Foundation v. U.S. Marshals Service

1:25-cv-00749 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

This is a case about government transparency and the public’s right to access information about possible executive branch interference in the federal judiciary. On March 14, 2025, the Democracy Forward Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on government accountability, filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Marshals Service ("USMS") in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The Plaintiff had previously filed several requests under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOI…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Parsons v. Ryan

2:12-cv-00601 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: March 22, 2012

Case Ongoing

This case is a direct descendant of Gamez v. Ryan, docket number CV-10-2070-PHX-JWS (MEA). That case was dismissed with prejudice on March 21, 2012 after the district court judge determined that the third amended complaint added additional claims and the plaintiffs that were not within the contemplation of the court at the time that it dismissed the second amended complaint. On March 22, 2012, fourteen Arizona prisoners brought this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Distri…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CoreCivic, Inc. v. Murphy

3:23-cv-00967 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Feb. 17, 2023

Case Ongoing

On February 17, 2023, CoreCivic—a corporation operating private correctional and detention facilities—filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Governor and Attorney General of the state regarding New Jersey Assembly Bill 5207. AB-5207, the plaintiff claimed, prohibited Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) from renewing contracts under which CoreCivic managed and operated the Elizabeth Detention Center (“EDC”) in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Noting…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. King County Washington

2:20-cv-00203 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

On February 10, 2020, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The DOJ sued King County, Washington and its Executive under 28 U.S.C. § 2201 and the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) and sought declaratory and injunctive relief. The case was assigned to Judge Robert J. Bryan.  On April 23, 2019, the King County Executive signed King County Executive Order PFC-7-1-EO ("Airport EO"), prohibiting the transporta…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Washington State Alliance for Retired Americans v. Hobbs

3:23-cv-06014 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 2023

Closed Date: Oct. 11, 2024

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case involves a challenge to the constitutionality of a Washington state requirement that voters live at their address for at least 30 days before casting their ballot (the "durational residency requirement"). The Washington State Alliance for Retired Americans sued Secretary of State Steve Hobbs over the requirement in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, alleging that the law prohibits otherwise qualified …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Flores v. Reno

2:85-cv-04544 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 11, 1985

Case Ongoing

Note: We've tagged this case as one challenging President Trump's immigration executive orders because those executive orders and their implementing memoranda, included as "resources," below, touch on many of the matters subject to longstanding court oversight in this case. On July 11, 1985, attorneys from the National Center for Immigrants' Rights, the National Center for Youth Law, and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California represented four minors who filed this class action complaint aga…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Harris v. Georgia Department of Corrections

5:18-cv-00365 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Oct. 3, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the alleged denial of effective communication for deaf and hard of hearing individuals incarcerated in Georgia. On October 3, 2018, incarcerated individuals who were deaf and hard of hearing filed a collective class action lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU, National Association of the Deaf, and a private law firm, claimed that defendants denied them effecti…
EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Maine Department of Education

1:25-cv-00173 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: April 16, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On April 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice filed this lawsuit against the Maine Department of Education in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. The DOJ challenged Maine's policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls' sports, which the DOJ alleged violated Title IX.